Verse 7

As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said,“Is it really you, my master, Elijah?”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 1:6-8 : 6 They replied,“A man came up to meet us. He told us,“Go back to the king who sent you and tell him,‘This is what the LORD has said:“You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.”’” 7 The king asked them,“Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.” 8 They replied,“He was a hairy man and had a leather belt tied around his waist.” The king said,“He is Elijah the Tishbite.”
  • Isa 60:14 : 14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you,‘The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’
  • Matt 3:4 : 4 Now John wore clothing made from camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.
  • Matt 11:8 : 8 What did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Look, those who wear soft clothing are in the palaces of kings!
  • Gen 18:2 : 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
  • Gen 18:12 : 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking,“After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”
  • Gen 44:16 : 16 Judah replied,“What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord’s slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”
  • Gen 44:20 : 20 We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
  • Gen 44:33 : 33 “So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
  • Gen 50:18 : 18 Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”
  • Num 12:11 : 11 The Intercession of Moses So Aaron said to Moses,“O my lord, please do not hold this sin against us, in which we have acted foolishly and have sinned!
  • 1 Sam 20:41 : 41 When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, knelt with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.
  • 2 Sam 19:18 : 18 They crossed at the ford in order to help the king’s household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate.Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king.
  • 1 Kgs 11:29 : 29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah was wearing a brand new robe,